Kenwood TK-7180E - Manual (Page 27)

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ADVANCED OPERATIONS
T
ALK
A
ROUND
You may occasionally experience an interruption in service (due to a power
failure, etc.). During such an occurrence, you can continue communication by
using the Talk Around feature. Talk Around allows you to communicate directly
with other transceivers, without the use of a repeater. However, if the station you
want to contact is too far away, or there are geographical obstacles in the way,
you may not be able to contact the station.
Toggle Talk Around ON and OFF by pressing the key programmed as Talk
Around.
• The icon appears on the display while Talk Around is active.
• When using Talk Around, the receive frequency is used for both transmitting and
recieving, and the decode signaling is used for both encoding and decoding.
M
ONITOR
/ S
QUELCH
O
FF
You can use the key programmed as Monitor/ Squelch Off to listen to weak
signals that you cannot hear during normal operation and to adjust the volume
when no signals are present on your selected channel.
• The icon appears on the display while Monitor/ Squelch Off is activated.
Your dealer can program a key with one of 4 functions:
• Monitor: Momentarily press to deactivate QT, DQT, DTMF, 5-tone, or FleetSync
Signaling. Press the key again to return to normal operation.
• Monitor Momentary: Press and hold to deactivate QT, DQT, DTMF, 5-tone, or
FleetSync Signaling. Release the key to return to normal operation.
• Squelch Off: Momentarily press to hear background noise. Press the key again to
return to normal operation.
• Squelch Off Momentary: Press and hold to hear background noise. Release the key
to return to normal operation.
■ S
QUELCH
L
EVEL
To adjust the squelch level:
1 Press the key programmed as Squelch Level.
2 Press the key to decrease the squelch level (open) and the C> key to
increase the squelch level (tighten).
• If programmed by your dealer, you can also use the and keys.
3 Press the S or DTMF key to store the new setting and exit the squelch
level adjustment.